Junior Art Club (JAC)

The core skills required are motivation, creativity and commitment. Basic certificate in 'A' level or higher is always welcome. People with background in the Arts are encouraged to apply.

INCLUDED IN EACH JAC PROGRAM FEES ARE THE FOLLOWING:

• UNLIMITED USE OF JAC FACILITIES
• 24-HOUR LOCAL SUPPORT FROM THE JAC TEAMS
• PICK-UP FROM & TO THE AIRPORT
• DAILY TRANSFERS TO AND FROM THE JAC ACTIVITIES
• COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION
• FOOD (USUALLY 2-3 MEALS A DAY)

• A SERIES OF SOCIAL EVENTS, & TIME WITH LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOT INCLUDED IN JAC PROGRAM FEES

FLIGHT, INSURANCE, VACCINATION, SPENDING AND TRAVEL MONEY .ARE DIRECT COSTS TO VOLUNTEERS.

COSTS INVOLVING DAILY EXPENCES BY EACH VOLUNTEER WILL VARY DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL HABITS, ETC. AVERAGELY HOWEVER VOLUNTEERS CAN BUDGET BETWEEN $ 5- $ 20 A DAY.

$ 50 - $ 300 IF TRAVELLING AND TOURING AROUND GHANA.

ALL CAN APPLY BY EMAIL OR CALL FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

ALL VOLUNTEERS CAN AQUIRE VISA FROM ANY GHANA EMBASSY IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. PLEASE ALSO CHECK WHERE AVAILABLE, OBTAINING A VISA UPON ARRIVAL, WHICH IS LIMITED TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

Interview

Interviews conducted via email.

Training

JAC provides the opportunity for volunteers to learn selected art forms from local artists as part of placement programme. Before arrival, volunteers are sent information on the project, the country and what is expected. Orientation on arrival.

Supervision

Overseas volunteers owrk on a daily basis with JAC volunteers throughout the programme. Programme co-ordinators are always evaluating volunteer performance in conjunction with volunteers themselves.

Debriefing / Certificates

Certificates and written reference are provided.

Disabled Policy

Nothing suitable at the moment as we lack facilities.

Accommodation

Volunteers live 2-4 people in a room with a shared living room, bathroom and toilet.

The mission of JAC is to engender in youth age (9-21) an awareness and investment in social and community issues through art and creative expression.  By using such tools JAC empowers youth to approach and address the issues that impact their worlds on their own terms in order to raise their standard of living.

The vision in our mission is to use the Junior Art Club (JAC) as a proven incubator capable of identifying and developing the creative potential of children and the youth in varied artistic forms and models. This would be through possible endless expressions of universal art so as to provide progressive opportunities for the youth in order to raise their standard of living in a sustainable development and eradicate poverty.

Founded in January 2000 by Kelvin Asare-Williams, Junior Art Club is a fully registered non-governmental organisation unearthing the creative and artistic talents of children and the youth especially in urban slums using both educational and social approaches. The JAC began with the need to help seven half naked children loitering around the streets of Kanda, apparently from Nima, an inner city community. With just pencils and sheets of paper torn from exercise books, the gradual process of identifying and developing the human spirit with the arts began. Currently, JAC has over 490 members, with 13 branches in Accra, Adeiso,Ada, Daboase,Italy, USA and Australia.

JAC owns Ghana`s first and only children`s art gallery.

JAC PROJECTS: JAC projects are often initiated by volunteers who also implement and manage some of the projects. A visit to our website will reveal some of these projects.

ACTIVITIES: The arts, workshops, computer graphics, community renewal, development, galleries, guidance & counseling, publications, exhibitions, competitions & festivals, cultural exchanges, excursions and productions- radio, tv and video.

We are unable to accept volunteers with an offending background.

OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2013

Ada & Accra- Theatre Spectacular performances

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Ada & Accra- World AIDS Day exhibition

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Ada Radio play productions

· JAC TV productions workshops

Regular Arts workshop

JAC PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERS TO LEARN SELECTED ART FORMS FROM LOCAL ARTISTS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO LEARN HOW TO TEACH CHILDREN AND THE YOUTH
. · A SERIES OF SOCIAL EVENTS

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TIME WITH LOCAL ARTISTS.

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YOU ALSO GET TO JOIN THE JAC VOLUNTEERS` ASSOCIATION (NETWORK OF ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD)

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PLACEMENT CERTIFICATE AND LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

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JAC T.SHIRT

http://www.facebook.com/JACGHANA

JAC PROJECTS

JAC projects are often initiated by JAC Directors and volunteers who also implements and manages some of the projects. A visit to our website will reveal some of these projects.

JAC ACTIVITIES

THE ARTS, WORKSHOPS, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNITY RENEWAL, DEVELOPMENT, GALLERIES & MUSEUMS, GUIDANCE & COUNSELING, PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, COMPETITIONS & FESTIVALS, CULTURAL EXCHANGES, EXCURSIONS AND PRODUCTIONS- RADIO, TV AND VIDEO.